A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics by Moss, David;

Short description:

KNOW THE GROUND RULES for the global economy.

Rates headed down? Inflation heating up? What?s the Fed thinking? For thoughtful professional in business, government, and the nonprofit sector, such macroeconomic questions anything but academic. From currency crises to bursting bubbles, the global economy is full of pitfalls. In this environment, a practical understanding of macroeconomic concepts has become an essential management tool.

A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics, by Harvard Business School Professor David A. Moss, is an accessible primer on macroeconomics theory and practice. Fiscal and monetary policy help set the ground rules for the global economy, and the guide illuminates, through current and historical examples, how and why the rules keep changing. Professor Moss explains the basic relationships between various macroeconomic phenomena and how they help shape the global economy. The heart of the guide is a logical presentation of macroeconomic building blocks:

Professor Moss also explores some of the controversial question that animates current economic policy debate:

Avoiding simplistic solutions, A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics instead presents the basic principles and relationships at the core of such questions. It demonstrates at the core of such questions. It demonstrates how macroeconomics instead presents the basic principles and relationships at the core of such questions. It demonstrates how macroeconomic phenomena affect the relative risks and rewards of decisions made by the executives and managers everyday.

Long description:

Now more than ever before, executives and managers need to understand their larger economic context. In A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics, David Moss leverages his many years of teaching experience at Harvard Business School to lay out important macroeconomic concepts in engaging, clear, and concise terms.

In a simple and intuitive way, he breaks down the ideas into ?output,? ?money,? and ?expectations.? In addition, Moss introduces powerful tools for interpreting the big-picture economic developments that shape events in the contemporary business arena.

Detailed examples are also drawn from history to illuminate important concepts.

This book is destined to become a staple in MBA courses?as well as the go-to resource for executives and managers at all levels seeking to brush up on their knowledge of macroeconomic dynamics.

Now more than ever before, executives and managers need to understand their larger economic context. In A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics, David Moss leverages his many years of teaching experience at Harvard Business School to lay out important macroeconomic concepts in engaging, clear, and concise terms.

In a simple and intuitive way, he breaks down the ideas into ?output,? ?money,? and ?expectations.? In addition, Moss introduces powerful tools for interpreting the big-picture economic developments that shape events in the contemporary business arena.

Detailed examples are also drawn from history to illuminate important concepts.

This book is destined to become a staple in MBA courses?as well as the go-to resource for executives and managers at all levels seeking to brush up on their knowledge of macroeconomic dynamics.

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Concise Guide to Macroeconomics